Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

July 2024

July 26, 2024

Sidney's Picks: Trump's Project 2025 Agenda and the Conspiracy Theorists Who Wrote It

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The Best of the Week’s News

Meet the far-right conspiracy theorists behind Project 2025, Trump’s real campaign platform. (New Yorker)
Kamala Harris draws cheers for fiery pro-labor speech at American Federation of Teachers’ convention. (Guardian)
Succession IRL: Rupert Murdoch battles his heirs to preserve his media empire as a conservative force. (NYT)
World of Warcraft developers form the largest and most inclusive union at Blizzard Entertainment. (Verge)
Illinois becomes the latest in a series of Blue states to ban anti-union “captive audience” meetings. (HuffPo)

July 21, 2024

Sidney's Picks: JD Vance's Venmo Buddies

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The Best of the Week’s News

Trump claims the Republicans are pro-worker, but Project 2025 would devastate labor. (NV Current)
Trump’s “populist” VP pick J.D. Vance left his Venmo public, revealing his ties to the elite. (Wired)
Russian court convicts WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich on bogus charges of espionage. (WaPo)
The rise of the “union curious”: New report finds young workers most receptive to unionization. (EPI)
Elon Musk spreads election fraud lies, pledges $180 million to reelect Trump. (MoJo)

July 12, 2024

Sidney's Picks: Project 2025 is Trump's Real Campaign Platform

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The Best of the Week’s News

Project 2025 is Trump’s real campaign platform. (Vanity Fair)
Wisconsin judge strikes down parts of the state’s notorious anti-public sector union law. (MJS)
Biden administration offers $1.7 billion to boost to electric vehicle manufacturing in the United States. (NYT)
Is noise pollution from a huge bitcoin mine sickening Texans? (Time)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sent a text apologizing to a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her. (WaPo)

July 5, 2024

Sidney's Picks: Biden Announces New Heat Protection Rules for Workers

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Biden announces new heat protections for workers, takes climate change deniers to task. (NYT)
How the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling sets the stage for dictatorship. (Vox)
Reporter finds passion for journalism behind bars, exposes neglectful prison health system. (NYT)
“Some folks need killing!”: NC GOP gubernatorial candidate calls for political violence as “a matter of necessity.” (TNR)
Iran condemns labor leader to death. (VOA)